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Sunday, 22 January 2006

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North Island Data
Northland									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Pouto	H	E	H	89	25	339	8.8	43	18.8	25.8	45	57	18	0.0	60	Aut
Aupouri Peninsula	V	E	H	86	47	310	11.0	68	27.7	21.4	59	99	30	0.0	70	Aut
Waitangi Forest	V	E	H	87	59	374	8.8	85	26.6	21.0	64	55	24	0.0	75	Aut
Opouteke	M	E	L	87	25	222	4.3	39	10.1	25.0	48	75	9	0.0	50	Aut
Hokianga	E	E	H	90	45	424	14.5	71	34.2	31.9	46	94	24	0.0	65	Aut
Dargaville	H	E	H	88	22	309	8.0	38	16.4	25.3	47	82	17	0.0	70	Aut
Kaikohe	M	E	M	83	27	254	3.3	42	8.6	21.0	58	50	15	0.0	55	Aut
Whangarei Aero	H	E	H	86	38	388	6.2	61	17.4	22.0	53	90	19	0.0	75	Aut
Mangakahia	H	E	M	87	36	301	7.8	56	19.6	24.5	52	31	19	0.0	60	Aut
Auckland									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Woodhill	M	E	M	85	18	254	3.9	31	8.2	24.2	59	78	12	0.0	55	Aut
Clevedon Coast	M	E	M	89	40	359	5.1	63	15.3	24.9	44	48	8	0.0	65	Aut
Great Barrier Island	M	E	M	87	34	209	5.0	48	13.0	22.4	52	59	13	0.0	55	Aut
Hunua East	M	E	M	88	33	264	5.6	50	14.4	24.7	50	349	12	0.0	55	Aut
Cornwallis Depot	M	E	M	86	24	293	3.5	40	8.7	24.8	57	61	8	0.0	60	Aut
Waikato									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Whangamata	M	E	L	85	23	181	6.9	35	13.9	23.2	61	56	25	0.0	40	Aut
Waihi Gold	M	E	L	85	24	159	4.0	35	9.0	22.6	57	101	12	0.0	40	Aut
Athol	L	V	L	81	16	112	1.9	23	3.3	21.7	60	296	7	0.0	40	Aut
Ngapaenga	M	E	L	86	40	242	3.4	57	10.6	21.4	55	0	7	0.0	50	Aut
Waikawau Bay	M	E	L	83	21	173	2.9	33	6.4	21.8	62	45	11	0.0	40	Aut
Whitianga Aero	H	E	M	86	34	189	7.8	47	17.9	22.0	56		24	0.0	60	Aut
Port Taharoa	M	E	M	86	16	221	6.2	27	11.4	23.0	57	300	19	0.0	55	Aut
Hamilton Aero	M	E	L	85	22	166	2.5	33	5.7	23.0	54	20	4	0.6	40	Aut
Paeroa	M	E	L	87	35	224	3.2	50	9.1	24.0	53	150	4	0.0	40	Aut
Central North Island									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rotorua Aero	M	V	M	82	27	216	2.0	41	5.2	21.0	56	340	6	0.2	70	Aut
Taupo Aero	M	E	M	83	23	204	2.2	36	5.3	20.0	57	250	7	0.0	70	Aut
Tauranga Aero	H	E	H	86	40	226	5.7	55	15.4	22.0	56	10	17	0.0	75	Aut
Minginui	M	E	L	83	15	118	4.4	23	7.6	22.8	54	315	19	0.2	40	Aut
Rotoehu	M	E	M	84	36	222	2.9	51	8.7	21.7	58	331	9	0.2	60	Aut
Goudies	L	V	L	74	8	180	2.0	14	2.3	19.7	62	322	20	0.0	50	Aut
Galatea	M	E	M	84	26	201	2.9	39	7.2	23.2	56	345	9	0.5	70	Aut
Kawerau	M	E	M	85	46	306	3.9	67	12.8	22.1	57	8	11	0.0	75	Aut
Rotoaira	L	E	L	83	11	58	3.4	15	4.7	19.3	60	267	15	0.0	50	Aut
Opotiki	M	E	M	84	27	319	3.3	44	8.9	21.8	65	264	12	0.0	75	Aut
Whakatane Aero	H	E	H	86	39	273	6.5	57	17.3	22.0	56	340	19	0.0	70	Aut
Te Puke	M	V	M	83	41	224	1.9	56	6.2	22.0	58	6	4	0.0	65	Aut
Waihau Bay	M	E	H	84	26	379	4.7	44	11.8	21.0	65	306	18	0.0	75	Aut
Eastern North Island									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Hicks Bay	H	E	H	85	29	309	9.3	47	20.5	21.0	65	310	30	0.0	70	Aut
Tuai	L	E	M	75	14	184	2.3	24	4.1	15.2	81	319	22	0.0	70	Aut
Gwavas	M	E	M	87	37	304	3.6	56	11.0	23.4	49	273	7	0.0	60	Aut
Ruatoria	L	V	M	78	13	128	1.8	21	2.9	19.3	67	281	14	0.0	60	Aut
Crownthorpe	H	E	H	90	34	308	8.7	53	20.8	25.6	34	292	14	0.0	80	Aut
Waipukurau	E	E	V	92	65	473	10.3	97	31.7	31.5	34	301	12	0.2	85	Aut
Te Haroto	M	E	H	85	30	231	5.4	46	13.4	21.5	50	355	18	0.0	70	Aut
Cricklewood	M	E	M	86	17	226	3.8	29	7.8	22.8	44	315	9	0.0	60	Aut
Porapora	M	E	L	88	80	272	4.1	92	15.9	25.5	50	290	5	0.0	40	Aut
Mangatu Forest	L	H	M	79	31	220	1.2	46	3.4	23.2	57	259	3	0.0	75	Aut
Bridge Pa	E	E	V	93	57	468	11.6	87	32.6	29.4	25	254	11	0.0	95	Aut
Waihau	M	E	M	84	20	214	2.6	33	5.7	24.1	44	333	7	0.0	60	Aut
Te Pohue	M	E	M	84	17	211	4.3	28	8.3	21.9	53	35	17	0.0	60	Aut
Gisborne Aero	M	E	H	87	27	231	4.5	41	10.9	25.0	47	350	9	0.0	85	Aut
Ongaonga	H	E	H	90	52	423	5.9	79	19.4	26.1	39	316	6	0.0	85	Aut
Napier Aero	M	E	H	85	32	370	5.8	52	15.2	23.0	57	70	20	0.0	95	Aut
Taranaki									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
New Plymouth Aero	L	V	M	72	9	273	1.7	17	2.3	21.0	76	0	19	0.0	55	Aut
Eltham	L	H	L	73	15	169	0.9	25	0.9	17.2	92	25	4	0.8	55	Aut
Waverly	M	E	M	82	14	161	3.3	24	5.9	19.5	76	285	15	0.0	55	Aut
Okato	L	H	L	63	9	151	1.2	16	0.9	18.6	88	342	17	2.2	50	Aut
Marco	L	E	M	81	18	106	2.3	25	4.3	21.0	58	265	13	1.4	55	Aut
Hawera	L	V	M	75	12	171	1.4	20	1.8	18.0	89	330	11	0.8	55	Aut
Wanganui-Manawatu									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Three Kings	M	E	L	80	11	110	4.7	17	6.8	14.5	58	236	27	0.2	40	Aut
Webb	L	V	L	76	10	95	1.3	16	1.0	14.3	61	333	10	0.0	40	Aut
Westlawn	M	E	M	83	12	133	5.8	20	8.9	17.6	59	219	26	0.0	65	Aut
Desert Road Summit	M	E	M	85	16	186	4.5	26	8.3	17.2	48	266	16	0.0	65	Aut
Waitarere Forest	M	E	M	85	42	419	3.8	67	12.7	20.2	60	278	11	0.0	60	Aut
Ngamatea	M	E	M	82	13	145	5.1	21	8.2	17.5	64	238	25	0.0	65	Aut
Lismore	L	V	M	81	15	117	1.8	22	2.9	22.0	75	280	6	0.0	65	Aut
Waione	M	E	M	88	35	350	5.5	57	15.3	24.3	52	301	12	0.0	55	Aut
Waimarino Forest	L	V	L	82	13	67	2.0	18	2.8	20.4	63	36	7	0.2	50	Aut
National Park	L	H	L	72	7	52	1.0	11	0.6	16.8	64	326	8	0.4	55	Aut
Tapuae	M	E	M	84	12	102	5.1	18	7.6	18.5	64	270	21	0.0	55	Aut
Raumai	H	E	H	86	44	391	6.5	69	19.2	19.5	67	317	20	0.0	70	Aut
Palmerston North Aero	M	E	M	85	29	296	5.6	46	13.9	21.0	66	280	19	0.4	55	Aut
Waiouru Aero	M	E	M	82	13	111	2.8	21	4.7	18.0	64	270	13	0.0	65	Aut
Wanganui Aero	M	E	M	84	20	197	5.1	32	10.6	21.0	65	260	20	0.0	65	Aut
Spriggins Park	M	E	M	84	20	184	4.4	32	9.3	20.3	68	248	19	0.0	60	Aut
Wairarapa									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Castle Point	E	E	E	88	23	403	41.1	41	51.7	23.0	52	320	52	0.2	65	Aut
East Taratahi	E	E	H	90	42	380	15.9	66	35.0	24.0	43	300	26	0.0	65	Aut
Ngawihi	V	E	H	88	26	309	15.3	43	27.9	20.0	54	330	32	0.0	65	Aut
Stony Creek	H	E	H	90	32	352	8.7	53	20.6	23.9	38	316	14	0.0	65	Aut
Haurangi	E	E	H	91	35	373	18.1	57	35.4	24.2	35	314	27	0.0	55	Aut
Ngaumu	V	E	H	90	46	395	9.4	72	25.6	25.9	42	285	17	0.0	65	Aut
Holdsworth Station	H	E	M	88	23	239	10.0	37	19.0	22.3	47	308	23	0.0	55	Aut
Wellington									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Rimutaka Forest Park	V	E	H	88	36	382	13.0	59	28.9	20.2	49	3	27	0.0	60	Aut
Chatham Island	L	E	M	84	6	224	4.9	11	5.6	19.0	66	330	20	0.0	60	Aut
Belmont	H	E	H	84	12	275	16.7	21	21.2	16.1	64	354	43	0.0	55	Aut
Titahi Bay	H	E	H	85	28	433	8.6	48	19.4	19.2	64	341	28	0.0	70	Aut
Lower Hutt	M	E	M	88	24	296	6.7	40	14.6	21.0	48	10	15	0.0	55	Aut
Paraparaumu	M	E	H	84	18	390	6.6	32	13.0	19.0	65	10	26	0.0	70	Aut
Wellington Aero	E	E	E	88	29	398	26.0	49	41.9	20.0	50	350	41	0.0	70	Aut

South Island Data
Nelson-Marlborough									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Opua Bay	M	E	L	88	20	214	9.0	32	16.4	20.2	50	304	21	0.0	40	Aut
Keneperu Head	M	E	L	89	19	178	8.6	29	15.2	22.0	39	170	16	0.0	40	Aut
Totaranui	M	E	L	88	15	143	5.1	24	8.8	19.2	58	135	10	0.0	50	Aut
Awatere Valley	E	E	E	93	44	548	13.2	74	32.6	24.6	26	341	15	0.0	100	Aut
Hira	H	E	H	89	30	326	8.0	49	18.8	20.3	45	341	16	0.0	65	Aut
Dovedale	H	E	H	91	29	417	8.0	49	18.7	23.0	30	139	10	0.0	65	Aut
Rai Valley	M	E	M	89	18	188	7.1	30	13.1	21.0	44	73	14	0.0	60	Aut
Molesworth	E	E	E	95	48	551	15.6	79	37.7	22.6	13	261	11	0.0	90	Aut
Murchison	M	E	L	89	15	83	8.0	21	12.0	22.8	44	238	14	0.0	45	Aut
Ngaruru	M	E	V	90	23	346	7.3	39	15.6	22.6	35	237	10	0.0	100	Aut
Western Boundary	M	E	M	88	19	354	4.7	33	9.9	19.1	44	251	8	0.0	60	Aut
Kaikoura	M	E	L	85	26	403	4.7	45	11.8	19.0	61	60	17	0.0	50	Aut
Nelson Aero	H	E	H	85	38	458	6.8	63	19.0	21.0	59	20	22	0.0	75	Aut
Woodbourne Aero	E	E	E	93	78	592	12.1	117	38.3	24.0	28	350	13	0.0	100	Aut
Big Pokororo	M	E	M	86	14	238	3.5	25	6.5	21.0	50	133	7	0.0	60	Aut
West Coast									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Westport	L	E	L	80	5	27	2.2	7	1.3	17.0	78	290	13	0.0	40	Aut
Reefton	M	E	L	88	13	55	5.8	17	8.2	19.5	54	173	12	0.0	40	Aut
Nelson Creek	L	E	L	86	11	29	3.3	11	3.8	20.3	54	314	5	0.0	50	Aut
Haast	L	L	L	59	4	32	0.6	6	0.3	15.0	85	120	7	2.4	20	Aut
Hokitika Aero	L	V	L	80	5	33	1.9	7	0.9	16.0	77	330	11	0.0	30	Aut
Canterbury									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Le Bons Bay	M	E	M	85	14	385	3.3	26	6.3	20.0	48	10	9	0.0	55	Aut
Oamaru Aero	L	H	M	76	10	284	1.2	18	1.2	20.0	84	50	9	0.4	55	Aut
Tara Hills	E	E	V	87	51	534	12.2	82	32.7	22.0	39	310	30	1.6	80	Aut
Timaru Aero	L	L	L	59	11	285	0.5	21	0.5	20.0	64	340	6	5.6	50	Aut
Christchurch Aero	M	E	H	89	34	479	5.2	58	14.9	22.0	36	0	6	0.0	70	Aut
Hanmer	M	E	H	90	35	257	5.4	53	14.5	17.8	47	240	6	0.0	75	Aut
Cannington	L	V	M	77	17	265	1.7	29	3.3	19.3	60	17	13	1.8	55	Aut
Snowdon	H	E	H	88	30	219	11.4	45	23.1	16.7	46	326	24	0.6	65	Aut
Darfield	V	E	H	91	37	385	12.1	60	27.9	22.8	33	288	19	0.2	65	Aut
Bottle Lake	M	E	M	88	26	469	3.5	46	9.4	24.2	41	21	3	0.0	70	Aut
Ashley	M	E	M	87	27	301	3.7	44	9.7	22.1	51	177	6	0.0	60	Aut
Ashburton Plains	M	E	M	87	39	447	3.3	64	10.9	22.3	45	284	4	0.8	60	Aut
Mount Cook	M	E	V	88	16	34	14.1	16	16.3	20.3	44	14	29	0.6	70	Aut
Hakatere	M	E	M	85	39	481	2.8	65	9.6	19.5	34	7	6	1.4	85	Aut
Leeston	M	E	M	87	35	503	4.8	59	14.1	21.9	50	126	11	0.0	65	Aut
Oamaru	M	E	L	82	16	286	2.2	28	4.4	22.0	65	70	9	0.8	50	Aut
Waihaorunga	M	E	M	87	19	345	5.8	33	11.9	21.7	42	319	16	0.8	55	Aut
Lees Valley	M	E	L	90	32	167	4.5	43	11.1	19.6	43	225	2	0.0	40	Aut
Burnham	H	E	M	89	38	429	5.3	63	15.6	22.3	39	241	6	0.2	65	Aut
Tekapo	M	V	M	75	33	517	1.4	57	4.7	18.8	47	72	13	3.4	80	Aut
Motukarara	M	E	M	89	23	406	4.6	41	11.2	22.4	39	222	6	0.0	70	Aut
Mount Somers	L	H	L	72	10	61	0.8	14	0.6	19.1	56	90	4	2.0	40	Aut
Pukaki Aero	L	H	M	71	34	444	0.8	56	2.4	20.8	51	44	4	3.4	80	Aut
Otago									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Nugget Point	L	V	L	65	2	124	1.6	3	0.6	16.0	88	40	22	1.6	50	Aut
Windsor	M	E	M	87	21	329	6.4	36	13.5	22.6	45	322	15	0.2	55	Aut
Ranfurly	M	E	M	86	25	333	4.4	43	11.0	22.3	41	284	11	1.0	70	Aut
Bendigo	H	E	H	91	54	648	6.2	90	21.3	23.4	39	40	5	0.0	80	Aut
Northburn	H	E	H	90	56	706	6.2	93	21.7	23.8	37	41	6	0.0	80	Aut
Herbert	L	H	L	65	9	145	0.6	15	0.5	18.3	78	132	4	2.0	50	Aut
McRaes	L	E	M	73	10	190	2.3	17	3.3	19.1	51	345	24	4.3	75	Aut
Glendhu	L	H	M	70	4	30	1.1	6	0.5	16.5	47	279	12	3.2	70	Aut
Clyde	H	E	H	90	41	625	6.2	70	18.9	24.6	40	49	8	0.0	80	Aut
Lauder	V	E	V	90	32	412	13.8	53	28.7	22.5	38	314	22	0.0	70	Aut
Dansey Pass	M	E	H	87	20	246	7.1	33	13.9	22.2	45	256	19	0.8	75	Aut
Tapanui	M	E	M	89	12	104	7.2	19	10.3	23.9	43	32	14	0.4	60	Aut
Glenledi	L	E	L	73	5	205	2.2	9	1.9	17.9	75	67	23	1.8	50	Aut
Rock and Pillar	L	V	M	79	16	261	1.5	28	2.9	22.2	45	79	8	2.2	75	Aut
Dunedin Aero	L	H	L	67	8	303	1.2	14	0.9	21.0	62	70	15	5.2	50	Aut
Traquair	L	V	M	74	9	259	2.0	16	2.5	20.3	51		19	3.6	60	Aut
Mount Benger	L	E	M	84	6	87	5.1	11	5.8	17.0	57	355	21	0.4	65	Aut
Wanaka	V	E	H	88	41	454	9.9	66	25.5	21.0	42	310	22	0.8	75	Aut
Queenstown Aero	H	E	H	90	28	280	11.7	45	23.5	21.0	46	240	20	0.0	65	Aut
Southland									Sunday, 22 January 2006
STATION NAME	FOREST	SCRUB	GRASS	FFMC	DMC	DC	ISI	BUI	FWI	TEMP	RH	DIR	WSP	RN24	GC%	STAT
Manapouri Aero	M	E	L	87	12	49	5.6	15	7.5	23.0	52	340	13	0.0	50	Aut
Invercargill Aero	L	E	L	86	6	23	4.6	7	4.1	24.0	53	350	13	0.2	50	Aut
Barn Hill	M	E	V	86	11	127	19.6	18	22.1	21.1	54	341	40	0.6	75	Aut
Blackmount	H	E	H	87	12	84	33.4	18	31.7	21.3	55	4	50	0.0	55	Aut
Wreys Bush	M	E	M	89	15	147	5.9	23	10.0	25.4	47	351	10	0.0	65	Aut
Tuatapere	M	E	L	87	7	100	12.5	12	13.1	24.0	53	323	31	0.0	50	Aut
Slopedown	L	V	L	81	5	21	2.0	7	1.0	21.9	52	65	8	0.8	50	Aut
Garston	M	E	H	87	14	123	7.9	22	12.1	22.0	46	358	21	0.2	75	Aut
Gore	L	E	L	80	8	42	2.3	11	2.2	23.0	53	20	15	2.2	50	Aut


Aut : Authentic data collected from the weather station Sub : Authentic data not available so data from one of three designated substitutes is used Est : An estimate of the values for a station has been made For : Forecast values have been entered for a station and not overwritten by authentic data


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